The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Nairobi serves also as the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme ( UN-Habitat), which is one of the only two UN Agencies with its Headquarters in a developing country. The Ambassador of the Czech Republic serves as the Permanent Representative to the UN-Habitat.

The UN-Habitat agenda is on the national level covered by the Ministry for Regional Development. The Ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represents the Czech Republic within the European Union coordination meetings on human settlements development issues.